Gentle Emetic.
[graphic]
Summary: | After James Gillray's 'Gentle Emetic', published 28 January 1804 by Hannah Humphrey, 27 St James's Street, London; see BM Satires 10304. Lettered with title underneath image "Gentle Emetic” as part of a decorative frame around the print, lacking publication line. Satirical print (an emetic is a medicine taken to produce nausea and vomiting) depicting an man seated on a chair, grimacing, his elbow resting on a wooden table in front of him on which is a basin, a tea-pot and a medicine-bottle (which has a pink coloured substance - the emetic -in it). The bottle is placed at an angle in a small bowl and nearby is a glass with the same pink coloured substance in it. The man is wearing a night-cap, a white shirt, breeches made of blue coloured material and a green and white striped waistcoat which is unbuttoned. Standing behind the man, a compassionate doctor holds his head and appears to rub it in order to soothe him. In the left background is a bed while hanging on the wall in the right background is a framed image of a gentleman posing in the grand manner. |
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In collection: | Volume two of a collection of caricatures, mainly set in Dublin |
Format: | Prints & Drawings |
Language: | English |
Published / Created: |
[S.l. :
s.n.,
n.d., ca. 1804-1810?].
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Notes: | Physical description: 1 print : hand-coloured etching, image 23.6 x 17.5 cm., [cropped within platemark], on sheet 29.4 x 23.2 cm., mounted in album on sheet 37.2 x 27.8 cm.. |
Arrangement: | Item |
As a digital copy of this item is available, the original will not be issued.
Call Number | View In | Collection |
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PD 2121 TX 2 (15) |
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Prints & Drawings |
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